Low level laser therapy for scar tissue

Low level laser therapy for scar tissue

When any soft tissue is damaged the body produces scar tissue. We normally associate scars with cuts and incisions at the skin’s surface. However, scar tissue is also produced around damaged muscles, nerves and joints. If the body’s natural healing mechanism does not clear the damaged tissue away (which is often the case), scar tissue leads to congestion, which creates…

Strengthen your immune system

Strengthen your immune system

In the current climate, to maintain a strong and healthy immune system feels more important than ever. The body’s immune system (also referred to as the lymphatic system) fights infection and disease. It also promotes efficient waste removal (cellular debris) via interstitial fluid into the blood stream. Key lymphatic organs (bone marrow, spleen and lymph nodes) work to…

Low Level Laser Therapy for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Low Level Laser Therapy for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Whenever I use Low Level Laser therapy for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome I experience a patient who is not only in pain, but has anxiety. This I feel, is for three reasons. 1) Carpal Tunnel Syndrome may develop from a repetitive strain, often associated with the patient’s work, 2) it’s not always clear exactly what is causing the compression of the median nerve through the…

Professional Training: Class 3b Laser Therapy for Facial Aesthetics

Professional Training: Class 3b Laser Therapy for Facial Aesthetics

We are pleased to announce Low Level Laser Therapy Training for Facial Aesthetics to teach best practice use of Class 3b Laser for the application of cold laser facials, aesthetics, skin conditions, wrinkle correction, eye rejuvenation and non-invasive face lifts. This professional training course is suitable for aesthetic skin-care professionals who wish to incorporate best…

Professional Training: Medical Class 3b Laser Therapy

Professional Training: Medical Class 3b Laser Therapy

We are pleased to announce forthcoming course for Low Level Laser Therapy training in Harley Street, London, UK:Medical Class 3b Laser Therapy Introduction. This training course is approved by the British Medical Laser Association. Recognising the many different applications of Class 3b Laser, this training course introduces the core principles of Photobiomodulation, Low Level Laser Therapy and provides…

Low level laser treatment for warts and verruca

Low level laser treatment for warts and verruca

Laser treatment for warts and verruca is non-invasive, pain-free and remarkably effective, as reported in a number of clinical trials across the UK (see British Medical Journal and Turner). Unlike alternatives methods for wart/verruca removal which ‘burn’ or cut the wart or verruca (often resulting in their return), low level laser does not create scar tissue, or…

NICE approves low level laser for side effects of radiotherapy and chemotherapy

NICE approves low level laser for side effects of radiotherapy and chemotherapy

Clinical trials in the UK which prove the effectiveness of PBM (Photobiomodulation Therapy) – otherwise known as Low Level Laser Therapy – look set to increase. Last year NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) approved therapeutic laser for oral mucositis (OM), one of the common side effects caused by radiotherapy and chemotherapy for cancer patients….

Stretch your mind

Stretch your mind

A few years ago, travelling though Mexico, I met an extraordinary woman who taught me what it is to stretch your mind. Over a breakfast conversation in our beach restaurant on the Yukatan Peninsular, she told me about a motorbike accident she’d been involved in a few years earlier. She had been riding pillion with…